No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.

Leaders who are silent and do nothing are as guilty and do worse than those who commit these horrific attacks

Without drive you will never get anywhere in life.

You can feel a lot of things, and that's okay. Channel that into your passion.

trouble is not a sign of inadequacy, stupidity or inferiority, but rather an inescapable part of life - proof that you are a card-carrying member of the human race.

A New Year's resolution that I can never keep? To be able to make decisions.

Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.

Get burnt like a candle, very hard to handle, Do miracles in Nikes like Jesus did in sandals.

I never was in such a horrid office . . . It's not very nice to be where people are being swindled all day long, is it?

You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I'm going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that's OK.

In all unimportant matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. In all important matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential.